Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

to the body, the temple of God, but by wrong
habits have degraded the body which is Christ’s
property, make confession of these things to God.
Unless you are wrought upon by the Holy Spirit in
special manner to confess your sins of private
nature to man, do not breathe them to any soul.
Christ is your Redeemer; He will take no
advantage of your humiliating confessions. If you
have sin of a private character, confess it to Christ,
who is the only Mediator between God and man.
“If any man sin, we have an advocate with the
Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” 1 John 2:1. If
you have sinned by withholding from God His own
in tithes and offerings, confess your guilt to God
and to the church, and heed the injunction that He
has given you: “Bring ye all the tithes into the
storehouse.” Malachi 3:10....
A Most Solemn Experience
Praying for the sick is a most solemn thing, and
we should not enter into this work in any careless,
hasty way. Examination should be made as to
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